Great!!! I know how excited you are!! I just had mine last week =)
And I know what you mean about the surgery becoming more real- You can talk about it until you are blue in the face, but when you actually start MEETING with people- it takes the fantasy out of it!
Reality is the recovery room... I hope the insurance people will show you a good approval soon. People should not have to wait for a bunch of people to review things when there is just cause for something to get done.